Brass protractor with two blades for setting out and measuring angles

Made:: 1740-1749 in Paris

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Brass protractor with two blades for setting out and measuring
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Brass protractor with two blades for setting out and measuring angles, signed "C. Langlois A Paris au Niveau"

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Category:: Mathematics

Object Number:: 1989-852

Materials:: brass

type:: drawing instruments and semi-circular protractors

credit:: Christie's South Kensington Limited

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Brass protractor with two blades for setting out and measuring angles

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